Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
DAILY HERALD.
BRADY'S CASE.
Testimony for the Prosecu-
tiOn Closed.
rs HE THE BURGLAR F?
Developments at the Examina-
tiOn Before Jus ice Austin
Yesterday.
BRADY's CASE.
IS HE THE BURGLAR ?

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Austin's court at 8 AS A. NJ, the court
room being crowded. District Attor
ney Dupuy requested the Court tf
allow Mrs. Hester to resume the
stand, that he might prove why Mrs
Hester did not give the alarm to the
people who were in her house at the
time of the robbery. Henry Gage, foi
the defense, called the attention ol
the Court to the fact that the witnesses
had had time to bolster up fresh evi'
dence, and strongly objected to such
a course of procedure. His Honor
after considerable reflection, ruled
that some testimony of Mrs. Hestt
which he had ordered to be strickel
out Yesterday should be left in the
record. Mr.. Gage then asked to have
Mrs. Hester placed on the stand, that
he might cross examine her on this
point. His Honor denied this petition.
CAPT. H. H. BUCKLE
Testified: l reside in the Sentous
block and have lived there for about
two months. My room is No. z. J
left nv room on the morning of the
robbery and went to restaurant foi
breakfast about s O'Clock. My room
was in the usual condition of gen.
tleman's room early in the morning.
/ left a trunk and valise in my
room. The trunk was locked and a
rope lashed around it. went out on
New Main street and came in on Up
per Main street. went upstairs and
entered my room in company with
Mr.. Pillsbury. was going to show
him a map. 1 found my room in dis
order, the trunk broken open and the
contents strewn about the floor. My
valise was open. l made an exam
ination and missed an overcoat, a
gold-plated watch and rolled gold chain
and a fine pair of Eastern kid gloves
The value of the lost articles was
about $35. l have not seen any of
the articles since. reported the oc-
currence to an officer and told Mrs.
Hester about it. She told me she had
seen the party enter the room. l
rang the bell for her and she did not
answer at first. The second time she
answered and said she had been
dressing. think Mr.. Pillsbury was
there. 1 then brought an officer and
afterwards reported at the police
station. She described the man ar
dressed in a brown coat and dark
pants. She told me when
returned that an officer had been
there with man.
Cross-examined: saw a
hammer there Judge here
asked for the hammer to be brought to
the Court. The hammer had been
lying about my room for about two
months. When l saw it that morn
ing the head was nearly twisted
round. The lock was fairly good
one. Mrs. Hester spoke to me from
her room after l rang the second
time. She told me she tried the door
and knocked. She was surprised
the man was out of the
room. The window and curtains
were the same as / left them, to the
best of my belief. WITNESS here ex-
planned, by means of the diagram, the
position of the windows, etc. The
curtain was up within about twenty
inches of the top of the window.
Mrs. Hester said that she could not
imagine how he had escaped, and said
it must have been while she was show
ing a gentleman a room. The ham,
mer was lying on the floor, and force
had been used to actually turn the
hammer head round. The window
blind was raised. l could not say
where the hammer was when l left
the room, but believe it was in my
bureau drawers. Sometimes China
man, a Japanese, and sometimes
woman cleaned the room. They had
a key to go into nay room to clean it.
1 locked the door when l went out,
and when l returned l found it un-
locked. 1 had my key in my pocket,
and they had another. Witness was
here excused to go for the hammer
OFFICER R. e. LEE
Testified: "I am a police officer in
this city and know Brady. 1 remem-
Der hearing Of this robbery, and saw
Brady one night since, then on Ala
media street, on Saturday night after
The robbery, between 8 and 10 O'Clock.
| heard Brady talking to lady there.
| did not hear exactly, but he said,
''You gave me away" and he said,
you are a liar, you did give me
away" and she said, ''Thank you, Mr.. |
Brady, you are gentleman"
(Mr. Gage moved that this converse
ion be stricken out, as it had not |
been proved that this said converse
lion had anything to do with the rob-
berry. His Honor stated that he would
his ruling, in order to see
the prosecution could connect
this testimony with the robbery.)
did not hear the first conversation
Of Brady and this woman. was
about two feet from them and behind
= corral wall. They were on the other
side. This was all l heard.
(Mr. Gage again asked that this tes-
timony be stricken out, as the prose-
cution had not connected it. His
Honor allowed the examination to
proceed.)
do not know the woman's name.
have seen her several times. / saw
Brady on Alameda street few hours
litter this again.
(Mr. Gage again objected, but His
Honor overruled the objection.)
/ saw the woman again with Officer
Afford on Alameda street.
(Mr. Gage then moved that all this
estimony be stricken out, which His
Honor granted.)
Mr.. Buckle returned with the ham,
ner and stated that it was bent as he
low presented it.
J. G.. PITNEY
'estifed: l drive an ice-wagon for
he Home Ice Company. l delivered
,e there that morning. When | got
D the stairs l saw a man going
trough valise. The door of the
,om was open. saw him as l went
!. As returned / saw the man who
wned the room there. / was away